feat(client): remove gitHash from api requests (#51083)

client/src/utils/ajax.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type {
   User
 } from '../redux/prop-types';
 
-const { apiLocation, gitHash } = envData;
+const { apiLocation } = envData;
 
 const base = apiLocation;
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export function getUserProfile(
   username: string
 ): Promise<ResponseWithData<UserProfileResponse>> {
   const responseWithData = get<{ entities?: ApiUser; result?: string }>(
-    `/api/users/get-public-profile?username=${username}&githash=${gitHash}`
+    `/api/users/get-public-profile?username=${username}`
   );
   return responseWithData.then(({ response, data }) => {
     const { result, user } = parseApiResponseToClientUser({

config/read-env.js

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const path = require('path');
-const { execSync } = require('child_process');
 
 const envPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../.env');
 const { error } = require('dotenv').config({ path: envPath });
@@ -48,10 +47,6 @@ const locations = {
     : radioLocation
 };
 
-// This is used to identify the current deployment and is trimmed to remove
-// the trailing newline.
-const gitHash = execSync('git rev-parse HEAD', { encoding: 'utf8' }).trim();
-
 module.exports = Object.assign(locations, {
   clientLocale,
   curriculumLocale,
@@ -87,6 +82,5 @@ module.exports = Object.assign(locations, {
   growthbookUri:
     !growthbookUri || growthbookUri === 'api_URI_from_Growthbook_dashboard'
       ? null
-      : growthbookUri,
-  gitHash
+      : growthbookUri
 });

tools/scripts/build/ensure-env.ts

@@ -57,15 +57,13 @@ if (FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
   const donationKeys = ['stripePublicKey', 'paypalClientId', 'patreonClientId'];
   const loggingKeys = ['sentryClientDSN'];
   const abTestingKeys = ['growthbookUri'];
-  const diagnosticKeys = ['gitHash'];
 
   const expectedVariables = locationKeys.concat(
     deploymentKeys,
     searchKeys,
     donationKeys,
     loggingKeys,
-    abTestingKeys,
-    diagnosticKeys
+    abTestingKeys
   );
   const actualVariables = Object.keys(env as Record<string, unknown>);
   if (expectedVariables.length !== actualVariables.length) {